Carla Simón’s third feature is a poem, like a vast inner sea
To obtain a scholarship, Marina must retrieve a civil status document that only her biological family can provide. Adopted at a very young age after losing both her parents, the young woman travels to Vigo, Galicia, the region they came from, to meet a whole branch of her family. There, her quest takes on an extremely intimate turn, which she documents using her camera, in a mise en abyme that plunges her into a past that had remained silent until then.
A coming-of-age story with deep breath and gaze, like a great wind stroking the Galician sea, Carla Simon’s third feature film is a poem. Rooted in the Spanish director’s personal and fragmented story, it constantly calls for missing images, which cinematographer Hélène Louvert accompanies with great soul.
“Like on every pilgrimage, doubt and hope go hand in hand, but this Romería glows with so much warmth that it may well be the most heartfelt homecoming of the year.”
Savina Petkova Cineuropa 22/05/2025
Competition, Festival de Cannes, 2025, fr
Special Mention Feature Narrative Competition, El Gouna Film Festival, 2025, eg
Carla SIMON
Born in 1986, Carla Simón studied at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, at the University of California and later at the London Film School. There, she wrote and directed several short films, selected for numerous international film festivals: Born Positive (2012), Lipstick (2013), Those Little Things (2014) and Llacunes (2016). Her first feature film, Summer 1993 (2017) won more than 30 awards around the world, including the Best First Film Award and the Generation Kplus Grand Prix at the Berlinale, as well as three Goya Awards. Alcarràs (2022), her second feature film, received the Golden Bear at the 72nd Berlinale.
